Erick Barkley (born February 21, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player. Born in Queens, New York, he played high school basketball at

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and the Maine Central Institute and college basketball at

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. He was named First Team All-Big East and an All-American honorable mention in 2000. Barkley was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 2000, and played for the team for two seasons.

Career

In high school, Barkley was a starter on the AAU team the Riverside Hawks, along with future professional basketball players Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Elton Brand, and

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. In 1996, the team went 66-1 in AAU play. Barkley and Artest would both later star at St. John's together, and led the team to the Elite Eight in the

1999 NCAA Tournament The 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1999, and ended with the champi ...

. During the 2000 NBA draft, Barkley was selected in the first round (28 pick overall) by the Portland Trail Blazers. After two seasons with Portland, he was traded with

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and a 2003 second-round pick to the San Antonio Spurs for Antonio Daniels, Amal McCaskill and Charles Smith on August 5, 2002. The Spurs traded Barkley to the Chicago Bulls on October 26, 2002, but he was waived the same day. His final NBA game was played on April 17, 2002, in a 92 - 79 win over the Houston Rockets where he recorded 7 points, 3 assists and 2 steals. In total, Barkley only played in the NBA for 2 years, playing 27 games during his career and averaged 2.9

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with 1.5 assists and 0.9

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. Barkley played for the

G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C. Olympia Larissa B.C. (alternate spellings: Olimpia, Larissas, Larisa, Larisas) (Greek: Ολύμπια Λάρισας) was a Greek professional basketball club, based in Larissa, Greece. The club's full name was Olympia Larissa Basketball Club. It ...

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, Greece during the 2004–05 season until he was expelled from the league for possessing cannabis. He played his final professional season in 2011 for the Quebec Kebs of the National Basketball League of Canada. When Barkley told team management he was planning to retire due to injuries, he was persuaded to finish out the season as a player-coach.

References

External links

NBA.com Profile

Kebs de Québec PBL Player Profile Kebsdequebec.com
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